[daisy] (User- Group- Role) Paradigm : Group missing ? ==> Pools alternative ?

[Marc Portier]

David Rideau wrote:
> Hi Daisy developpers,
> 
> Perhaps this was discussed somewhere, but I wonder why there is no
> "Group of users" concept in Daisy.
> 


You probably missed out on 'roles':
http://cocoondev.org/daisydocs-2_0/373-cd/37-cd.html

Additionally, there is an option to allow users to take up all roles
they have at once (except the admin role). The Role concept plus this
feature should allow to do what you have in mind IMHO.
(You should give it a try, and if it really doesn't work out get back
for assitance)

> BTW, I see the "Pools" notion on workflows. Is it similar to Groups ?

pools are only related to the workflow, they exist only for assigning
tasks to more then one potential individual

> Could it be made more accessible in all Daisy functionalities (like ACL)
> 

roles are in the acl...

> Or perhaps, the "Collection" notion can be used to group documents
> accessible by certain users ?
> 

that too...
in fact
collections are to documents what
roles are to users

ACL expressions can refer users, documents, collections and roles...

> Thanks for helps on choosing the right way to implement a group notion.
> 

that, and read up the book!
http://cocoondev.org/books/

HTH,
-marc=